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Adam Entous / Reuters:
CIA leak prosecutor sees new grand jury proceedings  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court filings that the ongoing CIA leak investigation will involve proceedings before a new grand jury, a possible sign he could seek new charges in the case.
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Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:
A Prosecutor Out Of Control  —  I'm not talking about Patrick Fitzgerald.
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
news, politics, jobs …:
Post Executive Editor Discusses Woodward  —  Reporter's Silence in CIA Leak Case Scrutinized  —  Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr. was online Friday, Nov. 18, at 10 a.m. ET to discuss Bob Woodward 's revelation that he may have been the first reporter told of Valerie Plame 's identity as a CIA operative.
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New York Times:
Post Editor Foresees Possibility of Naming Leak Source  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - The executive editor of The Washington Post said on Thursday that if other reporters at the newspaper independently discovered the identity of Bob Woodward's confidential source in the C.I.A. leak case …
Open Source Media:
About our name  —  Some OSM readers have expressed consternation over our new company name, so please let us take a moment to explain—in the spirit of full disclosure—the story of its origin.  At the outset, we formed a company under the masthead "Pajamas Media," after that now-famous remark …
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Jim / Jim Lowney Photo:
Party Like It's 1999  —  A little corvid out in Reno mentioned …
Roger L. Simon / Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter:
Words  —  I learned a few things from Judith Miller's speech …
Discussion: Dennis The Peasant
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Phony Theory, False Conflict  —  'Intelligent Design' Foolishly Pits Evolution Against Faith  —  Because every few years this country, in its infinite tolerance, insists on hearing yet another appeal of the Scopes monkey trial, I feel obliged to point out what would otherwise be superfluous …
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Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:   Vatican Official Refutes Intelligent Design
Telegraph:
I took Saddam's cash, admits French envoy  —  By Francis Harris in Washington and David Rennie in Brussels  —  One of France's most distinguished diplomats has confessed to an investigating judge that he accepted oil allocations from Saddam Hussein, it emerged yesterday.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Senior French Aide To Annan Confesses Saddam Bribery
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Aljazeera:
US Democrat calls for Iraq pullout  —  A senior member of the US Democratic Party has called for an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, rejecting White House attacks on critics of the war.  —  The call from Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a leading Democrat voice on military issues …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings, Nitpicker and TAPPED
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Erin Neff / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
ATTACK ON CRITICS: RNC ad targets Reid
Juan / Informed Comment:
Blowing in the Wind  —  In the background of today's entries …
Discussion: The Sideshow
Washington Post:
Three Bombings in Iraq Kill More Than 90  —  Hotel Housing Journalists, And Two Mosques North of Baghdad Targeted  —  BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 — Suicide bombers killed at least 90 worshipers Friday inside two Shiite Muslim mosques northeast of the capital near the Iranian border …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Bombers Kill at Least 65 Inside Two Shiite Mosques in Iraq
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Prof. John Daly / yaf.org:
Vows to kick young conservatives off campus  —  Student Fights Back  —  HERNDON, VA - Warren Community College English professor, John Daly, said that "Real freedom will come when soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors."  Rebecca Beach, a freshman at Warren Community College in Washington …
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Thebaldchick / Freedom Folks:
Professor Threatens Conservative Student
Associated Press:
House passes sweeping budget-cut bill  —  GOP rounds up enough reluctant moderates to eke out win  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans basked in triumph after razor-thin passage of a sweeping budget cut plan in the wee hours of Friday morning .  —  But intra-party tensions are sure …
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Bryan Lentz / The Huffington Post:
"A Moral Disaster of Monumental Proportions"
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
What Abortion Debate?  —  Talking About Alito's Respect for Precedent Avoids the Real Questions  —  In a 1986 case called Bowers v. Hardwick , the Supreme Court ruled that state laws against homosexual sodomy do not violate the Constitution.  In a 2003 case called Lawrence v. Texas …
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Jo Becker / Washington Post:
Television Ad War On Alito Begins
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Voter ID memo stirs tension  —  Sponsor of disputed Georgia legislation told feds that blacks in her district only vote if they are paid to do so.  —  The chief sponsor of Georgia's voter identification law told the Justice Department that if black people in her district "are not paid to vote …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
A Platform for 2006: Dream Big, Democrats  —  Impeach the Secretary of Defense and all other responsible parties for incompetence and criminal negligence in the prosecution of the war in Iraq  —  A Constitutional Right to Privacy  —  A Higher Minimum Wage  —  Universal Health Care
Helen / Dr. Helen:
Does the Absence of Fathers Cause ADHD?  —  In a controversial new book, Destructive Trends in Mental Health: The Well-Intentioned Path to Harm, the authors point out a study that showed ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) might be related to a lack of a positive father figure.
Discussion: Vox Popoli and joannejacobs.com
White House:
Press Briefing with National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on APEC Summit Meetings  —  MR. HADLEY: Good evening.  I thought I might go through a little bit of the day the President had today, give you a little bit of the highlights, and then answer some — give you a preview of tomorrow and answer whatever questions you've got.
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Amid 'Black Think' Pressure, Christine Byington Quits  —  Update: A commenter sent the link to Byington's column.  She committed the crime of the century: admitting she was a Republican.  Again, let me stress that black students had a right to disagree with her views, but it's too bad …

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Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
From Tapes, a Chilling Voice of Islamic Radicalism in Europe
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
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Discussion: Pandagon
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
You don't have to be an amnesiac to be a Democrat, buddy, but it helps
Discussion: BLACKFIVE and Austin Bay Blog
Gateway Pundit:
Will US Now Abandon the Hopes & Progress of Iraq?
Discussion: The Anchoress
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
The Revolution will be blogged, 5  —  Mild-mannered White House …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The State Dept., The INR, And The Wilson Trip

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Vital Military Jobs Go Unfilled, Study Says
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
An Unlikely Lonesome Dove
Pew Research Center:
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